Week of January 28th

Week of January 21st

Sponsor: Mouser
Q: What is the Mouser part number for the ambient light sensor chip on the BB-BONE-WTHR-01 weather cape?
A: 856-TSL2550T
Winners: Vitor Barbosa from Portugal, Scott Laboe from New Hampshire, Brian Lewis from USA, Victor Meyerson from California & Vidhya Rajendran from Germany
Prize:
They each get one TI
Meta Watch - the Bluetooth® enabled wearable development system enabling
rapid development of ‘connected- watch’ applications

Week of December 15th

Sponsor: Mouser
Q: According to the BeagleBone Capes product microsite on Mouser.com, what cape makes use of the DCAN1 interface of the AM335x processor?
A: BeagleBone
CANBus Cape
Winners: Raja Jayaraman from Germany, Hendrik Lipa from Germany, Jyothendar Paladugula from India & Lowell Seida from Illinois
Prize: They each get one TI
Meta Watch - the Bluetooth® enabled wearable development system enabling
rapid development of ‘connected- watch’ applications

Week of December 10th

Sponsor: Adafruit Industries
Q: On the bottom of the BeagleBone there is an optional 20-pin connector that is not populated. What is the connector for and what part number is suggested you use if you want to solder it in?
A: CTI JTAG Programming connector, meant for the Samtec FTR-110-03-G-D-06 component
Winners: David Copeto from Germany, Hrishikesh Mehta from India & Kevin Taberski from Colorado
Prize: They each get one Proto Cape
Kit